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Yeah, the quality of the image itself is pretty bad for something officially released, though I do have to say, anyone who saw the bootleg footage and is complaining about not seeing anything new because they saw something illegally leaked, I have to put my head down in shame in response.

I do have to say though, if i was a general person walking by the theater seeing the poster, it would catchy my attention. I would ask myself, "why is Superman in chains?"
That being said it could have been executed so much better though.
It's okay i guess, i'm currently loving and hating it.

This "poster" is interesting. Notably, consider the fact that Superman is being portrayed as a villain. He is in handcuffs (which he could easily break free from), which means he is willingly going with them, despite being able to singlehandedly destroy them all...

The idea here is about power, doing the right thing, believing that the human race is worth respecting, saving/protecting, etc. Ideas that Zod, the real villain does not share.

Remember the line about deciding what kind of man he wants to be? Good or bad? This all ties into that.

I do have to say though, if i was a general person walking by the theater seeing the poster, it would catchy my attention. I would ask myself, "why is Superman in chains?"
That being said it could have been executed so much better though.
It's okay i guess, i'm currently loving and hating it.

It's definitely different, which is what they were going for. Underwhelming maybe, compared to other typical blockbuster-poster, but it sticks out and I'll take that any day over just another flashy poster.

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You know what it reminds me of, when you try to watch a movie in low definition on a LED HD TV.

This is a trend that seems to be growing. I'm not sure if it's a push back on the high definition lives we live now or what. I've seen a lot of artists as of late adding "noise" or "film grain" to their work. I'm convinced they read about it in some top 10 trends list and just rolled with it. Similar to when "Web 2.0" started getting thrown around as if it meant something new and fresh.

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I do have to say though, if i was a general person walking by the theater seeing the poster, it would catchy my attention. I would ask myself, "why is Superman in chains?"

I think this is their approach to the marketing overall (thus far). As silly as it sounds, it's intentionally underwhelming. Pit that against the general public's opinion that Superman is too big, too powerful to fail (and thus boring), then you have some turned heads, like you described.

This "poster" is interesting. Notably, consider the fact that Superman is being portrayed as a villain. He is in handcuffs (which he could easily break free from), which means he is willingly going with them, despite being able to singlehandedly destroy them all...

The idea here is about power, doing the right thing, believing that the human race is worth respecting, saving/protecting, etc. Ideas that Zod, the real villain does not share.

Remember the line about deciding what kind of man he wants to be? Good or bad? This all ties into that.

As others have said...fantastic concept, underwhelming execution.

Just underwhelming compared to what people are used to and were expecting. Otherwise not necessarily.

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This "poster" is interesting. Notably, consider the fact that Superman is being portrayed as a villain. He is in handcuffs (which he could easily break free from), which means he is willingly going with them, despite being able to singlehandedly destroy them all...

The idea here is about power, doing the right thing, believing that the human race is worth respecting, saving/protecting, etc. Ideas that Zod, the real villain does not share.

Remember the line about deciding what kind of man he wants to be? Good or bad? This all ties into that.

As others have said...fantastic concept, underwhelming execution.

This. This is what I'm talking about. Faith in the internet slightly restored.

I feel like they should have used a different approach to this poster... painting Superman as a villain in the first real poster feels wrong to me... this seems like a poster that should have been used later on in the marketing campaign.